19/03/2020
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Caitriona Breaw

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The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has published a landmark report looking at child health outcomes and data trends across the UK, publishing country-specific policy recommendations for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (NI). Trends in NI show that the percentage of 4-5 year olds recorded as overweight or obese has increased from 25.1% in 2014 to 26.1% in 2019.

09/03/2020
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Caitriona Breaw

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The Institute of Health Equity have published The Marmot Review 10 Years On which looks at health equity 10 years after the ‘Fair Society Healthy Lives’ report (commonly referred to as the Marmot Review).

05/03/2020
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Caitriona Breaw

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UNICEF has released a new report on improving young children’s diets during the complementary feeding period. The complementary feeding period, also known as weaning, is when a child is introduced to solid food gradually alongside breastfeeding/bottle feeding.

21/02/2020
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Caitriona Breaw

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A new study measures the impact of the United Kingdom Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) on price, product size, number of soft drinks on the marketplace, and the proportion of drinks over the lower levy threshold of 5g sugar per 100ml.